While the Met Office announces a “do over”, the much anticipated report from Environment and Public Works (EPW) minority leader Senator Jim Inhofe has been announced in the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works” hearing.
SENATE EPW MINORITY RELEASES REPORT ON CRU CONTROVERSY
Shows Scientists Violated Ethics, Reveals Major Disagreements on Climate Science
Washington, D.C.-The Minority Staff of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works released a report today titled, “‘Consensus’ Exposed: The CRU Controversy.” The report covers the controversy surrounding emails and documents released from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU). It examines the extent to which those emails and documents affect the scientific work of the UN’s IPCC, and how revelations of the IPCC’s flawed science impacts the EPA’s endangerment finding for greenhouse gases.
The report finds that some of the scientists involved in the CRU controversy violated ethical principles governing taxpayer-funded research and possibly federal laws. In addition, the Minority Staff believes the emails and accompanying documents seriously compromise the IPCC-based “consensus” and its central conclusion that anthropogenic emissions are inexorably leading to environmental catastrophes.
In its examination of the controversy, the Minority Staff found that the scientists:
– Obstructed release of damaging data and information;
– Manipulated data to reach preconceived conclusions;
– Colluded to pressure journal editors who published work questioning the climate science “consensus”; and
– Assumed activist roles to influence the political process.
“This EPW Minority Report shows that the CRU controversy is about far more than just scientists who lack interpersonal skills, or a little email squabble,” said Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. “It’s about unethical and potentially illegal behavior by some the world’s leading climate scientists.
“The report also shows the world’s leading climate scientists acting like political scientists, with an agenda disconnected from the principles of good science. And it shows that there is no consensus-except that there are significant gaps in what scientists know about the climate system. It’s time for the Obama Administration to recognize this. Its endangerment finding for greenhouse gases rests on bad science. It should throw out that finding and abandon greenhouse gas regulation under the Clean Air Act-a policy that will mean fewer jobs, higher taxes and economic decline.”
Link to EPW Minority Report on CRU Controversy
Link to a Sampling of CRU Emails
Link: IPCC Gets the Science Wrong
Link: Endangerment Finding Based on Flawed Science
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When is soeone in the British government going to do likewise and have the courage to open up the debate? David Cameron might do himself a lot of good if he took the lead on this.
Ref – G. L. Lalique (09:27:22) :
“When is someone in the British government going to do likewise and have the courage to open up the debate? David Cameron might do himself a lot of good if he took the lead on this.”
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Not a chance mate. No guts, no glory!
Herman L @ur momisugly 9:06:03
The IPCC has been proven wrong on many fronts yet they have flatly refused to correct themselves. In fact, they have gone so far as to claim they now have MORE credibility. If that is the case then your point is backwards. Sen. Inhofe has MORE credibility to speak on the subject.
In the future, please do your homework before you post such irrational drivel here…
Does anyone have the link to Boxer, Byrd et al preaching about the lack of snow for previous recent years in the U.S. as proof positive of global warming catastrophe?
@ur momisugly G. L. Lalique (09:27:22)
The idea of David Cameron stepping so far outside mainstream thought is simply risible.
[snip – speculation on the man’s character, you don’t know your assertion to be true, and I’m not impressed with the integrity of your assertion, since you use a false name yourself – A]
Bob (Sceptical Redcoat) (09:24:40) :
“Come on you Yanks! Only America can stop this AGW farce, with a little help from the Brits, ANZACS, Canuks, Indians, Russians, Chinese, Scandinavians, et al.”
We’re going to have to wait until the November elections. Our current administration and congress are a bit thick and refuse to see what’s going on. And we’re going to need more than just a little help, but I’m more than a little hopeful that this farce will end. Sadly, and embarrassingly so, us Yanks seem to be a bit behind the curve when it comes to debunking the myths associated with AGW.
Henry (09:40:23) wrote: “Lets wait for a real, balanced report.”
Yes, let’s wait for the fraud to be completed and Cap ‘n Trade to implimented.
Not.
Still, Democrats won’t go ahead with an investigation, but, then, again, another campaign issue in the fall.
And, some news coverage.
All good.
I just watched this on CSpan. It just reinforces my opinion that hearings like these are mainly for show. Partisans will never—never—allow science to trump party politics. Politicians like Inhofe aren’t that common.
Yes, I voted for Inhofe and may vote for him again. We Democrats hold a large majority in Oklahoma, so any Republican elected has to appeal to a large number of us. Just so you know.
D.T.
An unexpected good documentary was aired by ZDF in Germany.
The word “Betrug” = “Fraud” was used in reference to several well documented examples. IPCC Gate obviously is unstoppable and now has hit the hart of the former German Propaganda Machinery. It’s amazing.
http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2010/02/mojib-latif-on-zdf-fraud-to-public.html
paullm (09:17:28) :
A “real” Nobel Prize? Math? Physics? Medicine?
He’s a politician making sausage. Perhaps he has to be as strident as Senator Boxer, and the report may be useful, but he has done no original science that I know of. Advocating a Nobel prize for the man is to advocate for reducing the “real” prizes to the level of the Peace Prize.
The next step is to institute a class action suit against the perpetrators of the AGW fraud (i.e. Hansen, Mann, Jones, Pauchari, Gore, etc). The discovery process alone should yield mountains of muck.
He loves Boxer so much – such a cute beginning. 😉 A heavyweight boxer may be needed to deal with all these crooks. Not sure whether Barbara is enough for the job. 🙂
“Sadly, and embarrassingly so, us Yanks seem to be a bit behind the curve when it comes to debunking the myths associated with AGW.”
Well, the US media is totally “in bed” with AGW, whereas the Brits have more diversity in their media.
Thank you, Al Gore, for the internet!
Herman L launches into the usual warmists modus operandi – ad hominem attacks; if you can’t attack the message attack the speaker.
Whatever senator Inhofe has said or not said in 2008 is totally irrelevant. since last I looked, he was talking about recent revelations: “Himalyan glacier melt by 2035 – a lie; 40% Amazon rainforest destruction – a lie.” One could add that Inhofe was being overly conservative in that he omitted more criticisms than he mentioned – but I suppose he was time constrained.
Still, it always helps to stick your fingers in your ears and scream “its a lie its a lie.”
Has anyone filed an SEC complaint (and/or it’s UK equivalent) with regards to the various AGW alarmists manipulating the market for investment products without proper disclosure of interests?
The last few months has seen a tsunami of evidence of deception, fraud, criminal action, attempts to stifle dissenting opinions, involving scientists who supplied global warming information to the UN and the UN IPCC itself. It is a disgraceful and disgusting story of a small coterie of people attempting to deceive the world re man-made Global Warming.
Just a perfunctory examination of some of the millions of posts on internet web sites will substantiate this.
People need to forget they are Republicans, Democrats, or Independents. They need to forget they are progressive or conservative.
Our Government, thru the EPA, wants to enact some of the most punishing, expensive regulations on individuals and businesses in history. It has the capacity to ruin our economy when our economy is already in trouble.
And they base this action on fraudulent science and a corrupt UN.
How many trillions of dollars have been spent worldwide to “prove” man-made global warming due to CO2? Despite 20-30 years of effort, science is no nearer to proving this than when they started.
Imagine if all of that money were spent to encourage and develop alternative energy sources, clean-coal burning technology, development of our vast oil resources, development of our vast natural gas resources, building of nuclear energy plants, etc, etc, etc.
We should immediately pull back all unspent research money aimed at proving man-made warming.
We should block the EPA from enacting ANY legislation regarding energy until science has proven beyond a doubt that man is causing any warming of the planet.
Wake up America and the rest of the World.
We are wasting trillions of dollars that will have NO effect of climate.
This is NOT an immediate crisis, if a crisis at all. Let us stop this madness.
One very plus point about this is that it is bringing the questions out for airing again. It may only sway a few more people to look at the issues, but every one is a “won battle” for us. It might not be the war, but if we can just win enough battles to affect Voting in the UK, the USA and Australia we might just get somewhere.
@ur momisugly G. L. Lalique (09:27:22)
You blew it, Dave: Cameron’s wind turbine in the wrong spot
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23390128-you-blew-it-dave-camerons-wind-turbine-in-the-wrong-spot.do
London Evening Standard, March 24th 2007
Even though this is nearly two years old, I haven’t seen any updates on the subject.
I’m saddened to conclude that Cameron will be no better than the disastrous Broon for Britain. On any front he seems to be a total wimp. He wouldn’t have the acumen to see the political advantage of championing opposition to CAGW.
Doug
Democrats say something is happening out there 3 inches snow. Boxer and Byrd ready to give up.
We are in TROUBLE.
Sorry, but I gotta call you out on a factual error here. You write “Gore never acknowledged errors in his work”, yet Gore did indeed correct his most recent slide show.
As Andy Revkin reported (coincidentally one year ago today): “Former Vice President Al Gore is pulling a dramatic slide from his ever-evolving global warming presentation.”Kalee Kreider, Gore’s spokeswoman on environmental matters wrote to Revkin: “We appreciate that you have pointed out the issues with the CRED database and will make the switch back to the data we used previously to ensure that there is no confusion either with regards to the data or attribution.”
The complete Revkin post is here: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/gore-pulls-slide-of-disaster-trends/ It includes the full text of Gore’s spokeperson’s reply.
Now, I’m sure you can reply with a Gore-didn’t-fix-this and Gore-didn’t-fix-that retort (specifics would be helpful for further research) right now, but at least Gore has gone publicly on record with a correction. You can’t say “never” about Gore. I feel fully confident, however, that I can say “never” about Senator Inhofe.
When I see and hear Boxer and Pelosi, the mental image I have in my head is my son, at 4 years old, with his eyes shut and hands over his ears, singing “I’m not listening!”
The state of Texas is suing the EPA over the CO₂ issue. Maybe it’s a start.
The Democrats are still hanging tough – Sanders equated Inhoffe to Nazi sympathizers of the 30’s, and Boxer intimated that he was McCarthy re-incarnate. Twice they accused the SPPI of being funded by Exon Mobil (Barrasso, R-WY introduced an SPPI published report on the NOAA temperature shennanigans).
Jackson’s initial response to the question about wether she stands by her statement of reliance on the IPCC AR4 report as solid science? “I think you’re taking me out of context”.